(Kenya)

(Kenya)

(David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Elephant and Rhino Nursery, Nairobi, Kenya)

Great Blue Turaco

Love that mohawk. 

(Kakamega Forest, Kenya)

(Kenya)

Sculpture Road

There is an undeniable sense of progress on the island, with brand new (and hopefully safer) roads going in amidst the usual buzzhum of activity.  Sure it may be slow-going, but sooner or later we'll get there.  In the meantime, the landscape is a surreal modern sculpture and installation mecca.  (All of these photos were taken from our car window -- credits to Mr. Chris for such stable driving.)

(Kisumu-Kakamega Road, Kenya)

Holiday weekend

Had a bit of a random holiday weekend with good friends, food, and beautiful land.  I'll be sure to share some pics of the safari expedition, but in the meantime, here are some randoms. 

(In order from top to bottom: Corsica, Paris, Alaska, Maine, Kenya, San Francisco)

Man. Tree. Leopard. Giraffe. Lion.

 A typical day in the Mara, our island's plains.  

(Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Elephant and tree

A Samburu warrior

Real men wear bracelets.  (please note, this picture is in no way a statement on the 'gun-control' debate, which is more a USA thing, really... irrelevant here on the island)
                                                                                                   (Samburu National Park, Kenya)

Play Time

Seems like a lot of our friends are having babies these days (congrats you guys!)...After much thought and consideration on the matter, we've decided we want to have a baby...elephant.  And a cheetah cub.   See you at play time.                       

                                                                                                             (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Tack Room

(Kenya)

Lion eyes

These two guys were pretty hungry.  As they slowly approached us on the road and eyed us up, we tried to not move and look as skinny and unappealing as possible.  Must have worked, since they continued on their way.  But when this guy looked at me, he seemed to look deep into me.
                                                                                                 (Samburu National Park, Kenya)

"Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.

It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle:
when the sun comes up, you had better be running."
                                                      -unknown

 

Happy Belated Earth Day

Then again, every day is earth day.  

Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths, lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding, you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds. (Psalm 148:7-10)